Need bible translation

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The bible has gone through so many handwritten versions, so many translations, so many copies, so many edits that we can't possibly tell what the original meaning of any of it was. Even if we had it in pristine condition, it would be very hard to understand the culture at that time well enough to be able to properly learn the intended meaning in context.

And remember, we don't even know for sure that any of it was actually intended to be non-fiction. It reads a hell of a lot more like fiction than non to me.